Sales
This section brings together all our editorial coverage related to sales performance, revenue growth, and commercial strategy across the UK foodservice sector. From quarterly trading updates and like-for-like sales trends to group-level reporting and market analysis, we provide restaurant operators, pub groups, catering firms, and F&B executives with timely insights into what’s driving turnover, and what’s dragging it down. Whether you manage a single site or a national portfolio, our sales reporting is geared to help hospitality leaders benchmark performance, identify consumer trends, and shape strategies that drive sustainable growth in a volatile trading environment.
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Oct- 2023 -27 OctoberNews
Today’s news in brief – 27/10/23
Punch Pubs reported total revenues of £313.5m for FY23, up from £284.4m in FY22. Management Partnership division’s revenues also increased by 24% to £139.8m over 52 weeks. All three divisions, including leased and tenanted, management partnership, and Laine, achieved like-for-like sales growth. EBITDA for the period was £79.1m, a decrease…
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27 OctoberVenues & Properties
Boxpark posts £3.9m PBT
Boxpark has announced that it has posted a profit before tax of £3.9m for the year ended 30 April 2023, up from the £3.5m it posted in the previous year. Alongside this the company posted a gross profit of £8.8m for the full year compared with £8.5m last year. The…
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27 OctoberNews
Punch Pubs revenues increase to £313.5m in FY23
Punch Pubs has today (27 October) announced total revenues of £313.5m for FY23, up from £284.4m in FY22. Over the 52 week period Management Partnership revenue has increased 24% from £112.8m to £139.8m. All three divisions for the group – leased and tenanted, management partnership and laine – delivered like-for-like…
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26 OctoberNews
Today’s news in brief – 26/10/23
TRG has confirmed it received a request from Wheel Topco, the owner of Pizza Express, to evaluate a possible takeover offer for the company. However, TRG clarified that no formal proposal, including terms, price, or consideration, has been made by Wheel Topco. This follows reports that Pizza Express is considering…
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26 OctoberRestaurants
Restaurants’ delivery sales rise 10% but takeaways drop 3%
Britain’s top managed restaurant groups saw a 10% increase in delivery sales compared with September 2022, according to data from CGA. Despite this, takeaway and click-and-collect sales were down by 3% compared with the same period in 2022. Combined delivery and takeaway sales in September were up by 7% year-on-year.…
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24 OctoberNews
Today’s news in brief – 24/10/23
Caffè Nero’s group sales grew 19% and UK sales grew 13.5% during Q1. During this period, the company opened nine stores in the UK, while over 20 stores in the UK underwent refurbishments. Another 100 are scheduled for refurbishment in the coming year. Additionally, the company has expanded its delivery…
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24 OctoberNews
Caffè Nero sales rise 19% in Q1
Premium coffee house brand Caffè Nero has announced group sales growth of 19% and UK sales growth of 13.5% for the period between June and August 2023. During the same period, the group opened 18 new stores across its 10 different territories, with nine of those coming in the UK. …
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23 OctoberNews
Today’s news in brief – 23/10/23
Pret A Manger is partnering with franchisee Dallas International to expand its operations in the US. Dallas will operate about 50 Pret shops and have exclusive rights to open new ones in New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C. The deal includes refurbishing shops and developing new formats, including drive-thrus, with…
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23 OctoberFeatures
Circular&Co. and the rise of returnable packaging
The industry is waking up to the urgency of addressing environmental issues, and the catering industry is no exception; UKH has recently announced that some 5,000 hospitality venues across the UK have begun their net zero journey, thanks to the industry body’s partnership with Sky Zero and Zero Carbon Forum…
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23 OctoberFood and Drink
Drinks sales up 3% due to warm weather and rugby
Drinks sales were up 3% year-on-year for the week ended 14 October as a result of unseasonably warm weather and rugby world cup games involving Ireland and Wales according to data from CGA. This increase makes it eight weeks of drinks sales growth out of the last nine. The rugby…
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